Awkward moment Kamala Harris waffles when pressed about who is the leader of the Democrats

Former Vice President Kamala Harris wouldn't give a name when asked who the current leader is of the Democratic Party. 

Harris appeared Thursday night on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert following last month's shock announcement that CBS was cancelling the program next spring. 

The previous Democratic presidential nominee announced this week that she had penned a book about her failed 2024 campaign experience entitled 107 Days, which will be released next month. 

Harris also revealed that she won't be running for California governor in 2026, teeing up speculation she's planning to mount another presidential bid in 2028 instead.

Colbert was quick to press her on who the real leader of the Democrats is now, as other potential 2028 hopefuls - including Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - wait in the wings. 

'Who's leading the Democratic Party? I'm just curious,' Colbert prodded. 

Harris briefly paused. 'There are lots of leaders,' she responded. 

Colbert didn't buy it. 

'There's generally a leader of the Democratic Party,' the liberal comedian continued, cuing laughs. 'Who comes to mind?' 

Harris, again, didn't name names. 

'I think there are a lot of - I'm not going to go through names because I'm going to leave somebody out and then I'm going to hear about it,' the former VP answered. 

Former Vice President Kamala Harris (left) appeared Thursday on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert (right) on the heels of the announcement that she had written a book about her 2024 campaign experience. She also declined this week to run for the California governorship

Party leaders tend to be former presidents and former presidential nominees. But former Vice President Kamala Harris (left) didn't volunteer her name or that of former President Joe Biden (right) when Stephen Colbert asked who is the leader of the Democratic Party 

'But let me say this,' she continued. 'I think it is a mistake for us who want to figure out how to get out and through this, and get out of it, to put it on the shoulders of any one person. It's really on all of our shoulders. It really is,' Harris added. 

Typically a former president or the party's most recent presidential nominee would be considered the party leader - but Harris didn't volunteer herself nor former President Joe Biden. 

She also announced this week that she would not seek the job of California governor. 

After leaving Washington in January for Los Angeles, Harris was reportedly mulling a run. 

She had previously served as a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general, before being sworn-in as vice president in 2021. 

Colbert asked Harris why she had decided to sit this one out - and if she planned to run for a different office, alluding to another presidential run in 2028. 

'No, no, no,' she answered.   

'It's more, perhaps, basic then that,' Harris continued. 'I am a devout public servant. I have spent my entire career in service of the people and I thought a lot about running for governor. I love my state, I love California.'

Former Vice President Kamala Harris (left) denied that her decision not to run for California governor had to do with wanting to pursue another White House bid. She appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert (right) on Thursday 

She then told Colbert she wanted to be 'very candid with you.' 

'For now, I don't want to go back in the system, I think it's broken,' Harris said. 'I want to travel the country, I want to listen to people, I want to talk to people and I don't want it to be transactional where I'm asking for their vote.' 

President Donald Trump, who beat Harris in November's election, was asked Thursday about his former rival's decision not to run for California governor. 

'Well, she can't speak,' Trump replied. 'She can't talk. She can't do an interview.' 

'I thought it was a very strange campaign that we had,' the president added.